Tian Wu Hall, Xuanwu Gate.
The Imperial City Bureau's cultivators ultimately lacked a solid foundation, and the Incense Fire Divine Path's combat power was far too feeble. They truly could not even compare to Dao Court officials.
On top of that, Lu Yang had ordered that force was not to be used.
Thus, under the impact of the hundred officials, the Imperial City Bureau's human wall retreated again and again. Cracks appeared in the Incense Fire Divine Light, allowing the noise to reach deep into Tian Wu Hall.
"What is going on?"
In the inner palace, Empress Xiao woke from her meditation, her delicate brows faintly furrowed. She had been comprehending the mysteries of Seven Radiance Heaven when a sudden unease interrupted her.
With a thought, she immediately spread out her Divine Thought.
Then she saw the scene outside Xuanwu Gate, and her expression changed at once. "This is... forcing the palace? What audacity! Are they trying to tear all pretense apart?"
Empress Xiao's pretty face turned ashen. She had never expected the hundred officials' reaction to be so fierce. Under these circumstances, she and Crown Prince Longxing had to show themselves. At the very least, they needed to meet them and ask what the officials wanted. Otherwise, if all pretense truly was torn apart, it would only plunge the Dao Court into even greater turmoil.
Could Du Huan's actions have been too drastic?
If that is truly the case, it will be easy enough to resolve. We can simply throw Du Huan out to take the blame. What a pity—I had thought that Demon Dragon would be a little smarter.
Empress Xiao's thoughts raced.
Yet in the very next moment, her beautiful eyes suddenly narrowed. In the distance, she saw dust filling the sky and heard the synchronized march